At-Home Gym Equipment Worth The Investment
Fold Reformer
You only need to walk down your local high street to see how reformer Pilates studios are taking over the fitness space. Perfect for midlifers, reformer offers low-impact, high-burn and toning workouts, but classes can be very expensive if you want to do it regularly. Enter Fold, the at-home reformer machine that (as the name suggests) folds up when your workout is done.
I’ve been testing one for the last three months, using it in conjunction with the brand’s app. As a complete beginner, it’s walked me through everything step by step, from assembling the machine and learning how to fold it away when not in use to understanding the basics of reformer Pilates and – more recently – to pushing myself to intermediate level routines. I’ve loved the stretching sensation from these kind workouts but don’t be fooled into thinking this is an easy exercise option – classes cover full body, including arms, shoulders and abs, and I’ve felt it in my glutes and legs days afterwards.
Although it’s an investment compared to the cost of a class, you’d soon make it back if you use it a couple times a week – plus, it’s such a sleek, smart design to have in your home.
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Pvolve Total Transformation Bundle
Jennifer Aniston started using Pvolve when she was looking for solutions to keep exercising while facing burn-out from her shooting schedule, rigorous workouts and a back injury. The method's equal emphasis on aesthetic results and longevity changed how she thought about working out, so much so that, in 2023, she joined the company.
The method brings together strength, mobility and stability to deliver total-body results. If you want to go all in, Pvolve’s Total Transformation Bundle features a complete home-workout collection which can be neatly stored away in a cupboard – so, it’s ideal if you're short on space or don't want to have equipment out once you’re done. It has everything you need for a full body strengthening and toning workout, but you can also buy the equipment separately if you want to focus on certain body parts. For example, the P.ball works your lower body to sculpt inner and outer thighs, core and glutes with resistance from all angles, while the P.band tones the arms, back and shoulders in every direction, with glove-like attachments for versatility of movement.
As well as reducing post-workout knots and soreness with a range of recovery tools, the workouts deepen the connection to your core and pelvic floor, while strengthening abs and obliques and enhancing mobility and stability. The package includes six-month access to Pvolve on-demand and the Live Virtual Studio, as well as a one-on-one consultation with a trainer.
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NOHRD SwingBell Free Weights
Weights often don’t look great stacked up in the corner of a room and kettlebells are even more cumbersome to move around or store away. NOHRD SwingBell free weights are a stylish and practical alternative to traditional kettlebells – each SwingBell consists of a solid wood handle attached to a hand-stitched leather case. For weight, each case contains tiny iron pellets that support the dynamic imbalance of your movement by shifting within the case, delivering extra stimulus for your joints, muscles and connective tissue and, unlike rigid workout machines, SwingBell free weight training activates stabilising muscles as well as your fascia, improving core stability and coordination for better real-life motions.
Back to how good they look, each SwingBell is hand-stitched with genuine leather, available in natural or black, with a range of wood finishes, and they can be sleekly stored in the specially designed SwingTower. Finally, download the MyNOHRD training platform, designed to help you get the most out of SwingBell weight exercise.
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Peloton Bike+
Much-loved OG of the home gym Peloton continues to evolve its offering. Having added a rotating screen to the original bike in 2020 to allow floor-based workouts with Bike+, the app has evolved at pace and now offers a huge range of workouts alongside cycling, including strength, yoga, Pilates, meditation, cardio, stretching, dance, barre and HIIT. Within each discipline there are standalone classes but also programmes you can take over a number of days, so you can turn up ready to workout with all the planning done for you. As you complete classes and programmes you earn badges and rewards.
One of the most engaging aspects to Peloton is the instructors – English, Spanish and German speaking, they are passionate about exercise and really inspire and motivate. The music is brilliant and really reflects the personality of each instructor. We also rate the filter system for workouts – whether it’s duration, level or discipline, it makes it easy to navigate the app. In addition, Peloton has introduced a range of accessories like dumbbells, rollers, cleats and a mat so you can have a smart set-up at home that takes up minimal space.
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NordicTrack Folding Treadmill
There’s no doubt that treadmills take up a lot of room but the folding range of treadmills from NordicTrack not only stow away, they’re designed to take up minimal space even when fully assembled. Walk, hike and run on a supportive surface that can adjust from soft to firm, depending on your preference. With speeds of up to 12mph and a maximum incline of 12%, it is a versatile piece of kit which really comes into its own when paired with the iFIT trainer – an AI coach works with you directly through texting. Once a plan is set, it will schedule your workouts for you and sync them with your treadmill automatically. Tracking your progress, it helps keep you motivated to stick to the plan with reminders and messages. Every workout is personalised – your treadmill automatically follows your iFIT trainer’s speed and terrain and, as you manually adjust your intensity, SmartAdjust adapts those changes to personalise your future workouts.
To get even more out of your treadmill, you can rotate the screen and follow iFIT trainers on over 10,000 workouts, covering everything from strength-training classes and HIIT to yoga, mindfulness and more.
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